They are resilient and very good fish for newbie aquarists. It has been done, but you should know there is a difference in the required pH between Afican cichlids and silver dollars.

A popular fish to add to an African cichlid tank are silver dollars. Therefore, one can not keep African cichlids together with tetras. Lesson learned, never start with older fish in a new tank. Sunshine Peacock: These moderately-aggressive fish come in a host of yellow and blue colors. Most African cichlids grow quite big and are therefore able to eat all tetras. Where around me can i find them and what kind of price are they. A deservedly popular mbuna, there is ongoing debate as to the true genus of this species, it having been variously grouped in both Maylandia and Metriaclima, as well as the currently valid Pseudotropheus.It is unlikely it will remain in Pseudotropheus. I live outside of Chicago and have not seen many of these at pet stores. My questions are is she doomed, and are the eggs all gone? If the case being she is toast i am going to rid myself of this male and start with 6 to eight very small/newborn fish of the same species. I have since isolated her and she is eating, swimming, and not showing many signs of trauma or shock. About a week ago he got to her again this time chewing most of her tail off and beating white spots into her sides of her body. I am excited to have all the African rift cichlids in my tank. In captivity, these fish reach six inches (15 cm) in length. Have these two fish in my 75 gallon tank with my 4 victorian neryia, 2 Julies, 5 calvus, 6 comps, one burtoni, one pleco, 2 Cory cats with no issues. There is a blue-colored variation as well. The most common color variation has a stunning red/orange body accented with turquoise dots. After that he left her alone and went about his business. The jewel cichlid is an active species from the western freshwaters of Africa. I watched the tank and all seemed good until the male started in on her again and he rammed her several times and she spit out a bunch of eggs and he immediately ate them. The next day I noticed what had happened and could see she was still carrying eggs but was pretty chewed up. About two weeks ago the male got ticked off at the female and basically beat the daylights out of her over night. Recently about three weeks ago the male and female got together in one cave and did their dance and lots of eggs were layed and picked up in the females mouth. The tank went down to two fish and the remaining other fish was a female. All was good for awhile but about a month ago he went postal and started killing off the other fish. No other fish were allowed to stake a claim on any cave areas and he guarded all of them with his life. One male who was almost white in color with bright orange/red fins decided he was the alpha and took over my 55 gallon tank with lots of caves and cover. It appeared to be 4 females and two males at the time. I am new to this crazy way of life and in the short time I have been involved with these fish I am hooked.

Blue and red zebra cichlid together